The Maynard

spring 2018

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Introduction

He Ring Liar's Dice Confluence Derek Thomas Dew

Sea Room / The Adrift Exhibit / Queer Lynx Joseph Spece

First Ultrasound Second Ultrasound Stephanie Yorke

Push Armamentarium Adrienne Gruber

Like André Derain David R. Dixon

Ice Skating in Holland Carol Hamilton

Synonyms For Shelter Jill Talbot

Naming Cow Field Danielle Hanson

Blind Haikus Bernard Wills

Dear Chepe Wilbur Melissa Weiss

Crickets Louise Carson

Boxing Day Carlie Blume

drowning man is not a superhero Aidan Chafe

Cracked Fabergé Egg Of Yes Lauren Turner

Wet Parable Duck Carver Nathan Curnow

At the Aquarium Holly Day

Grim Reaper in Therapy Brandon Marlon

an understanding Natasha Zarin

Never the Desired Absence Nick Alti

Trump As a Fire Without Light #665 Darren C. Demaree

The Path Discoverer Taylor Bond

The Fall Spencer Smith

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Melissa Weiss

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Dear Chepe,

We’ll drink Coronas with lime
and salt. Pet sharks in open tanks
at the aquarium. At Chuck E. Cheese’s
you’ll win a stupid duck whistle
in the claw machine. Hum it full
of mantras like Happy Together. Crazy in Love.
You’ll give me a piggyback ride
in my UVic dorm room. Chuckle
over tumbles into mini fridges.
Scuff marks on wall plaster.

But
for Christmas you’ll make me a scrapbook and
I’ll tell you not to send it.
Te amo, you’ll say. I won’t reply.

I still have that damned whistle
on my bedside table.

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